MKULTRA DOC_0000017364

Purposes to study 4||fj|^harac ter (KKUId3& 108).

Initiated* fetruary I960* A second year of study vas app rov ed in April 1961
Contractor 1 D^* M a grantee of ^

Coats $3,500.00 (Previous year's grant vaa $4,600.00).

Statuai Ongoings Believed to Be on schedule. ^

our ora to p

of this project

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1125-1390-3902, — *

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C^fflR^t^SeallnsAsency interest. !

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TSD/Re search Branch

APPROVED FOR OBLIGATION OF FUNDS!

Research Director

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: HK3K@A» Subproject * 0 ** , A u tho rization Bo.

Itoder .the authority-^gseatad-in tfca Esooraedisa dated. 13 April- 1 9>', .
fs*ca the 1X31 tto the' iO/A' eai tbs ^tension of 1 this -authority In sub-
sequent eessoracda, . 'Subproject ^®®-ts'3s px*av^_o>^ly_r.ppro’/s-2. IJa&sr- the-

ease authority an additional sua. ©I

* 13500.00

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to cover the subprojects exosrses-, to be cl)?.'-~e-n. easiest coat cantor

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MEMORANDUM FOR: CHIEF, FINANCE DIVISION

VIA I TSD/Bad gct Officer ■

SUBJECT : MKULTRA, Subproject 103, Invoice No. 2

Allotment 1125»13 90^3902 i

1. Invoice No. 2 is attached covering the above subproject.
Payment should be rnade as follows:

2i Please forward the check t o Chief. T SD/Research Branch
through TSD/Budget Officer by Friday, 28 April 1961.

3 . This is a final invoice. However , since it i a anticipa ted
that additional funds will be obli gated for thi s p roj ec t , the file a should
not be closed.

Chiefs

TSD/Research Branch

Attachment:

Invoice It Certlficationi

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18 April 1961

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MRSUrtRANDlIM FO R; CHIEF . FINANCE D IVISION
VIA i TSD/ Budg et Officer

SUBJECT : MKULTRA, Subproject 108, Invoice No. 2

Allotment 11 2$»n90^3 9Q3

1. Invoice No, Z Is attached covering the above subproject.
Payment should be Thade as follow*;’

'CIIhlerAe check in the amount of $3500. 00, drawn on a

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able to:

2. Plea se forward the check to Chief, T SP/Reacarch Branch
through TSP/Bud get Officer b y Frid a y. 28 Ap ril 19&1-

3 . T his la a fin al Invo i ce. However, g lace It is anticipated

that additional funds will be oblig ated for this p roj ect, the files should
not be closed. r

Attachment:

Invoice & Certifications

Distribution:

Orlg Ic 2 - Addressee

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TSD/RBlg^ (18 Apr 61)

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CONFIDENTIAL FUNDS POSTING VOUCHER

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111 III i iiTniMlTilf flliTt i for the Year 1961 ;

Accounting o JjJinr - 1961 -and $3,600.00 In Poe. 1961
Two payments _ $3,000.0

Payment to subjects : —

Payment to consultants
Payment to Assistan ts
Books, postage an d miscellaneous
Total Expenditures

U. S. $ 3,000.00

2,000.00

17500100 =:

600.00 1

$ 7,100.00

T his is a true

ex penditures of

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ITjfrtify“tfcat servlca? e>r *a tar tala-have- been-

sati sfac-torlly reevsivM axconditures —

wero incurred on

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April 13 .119^1 Z5Z7 zizzrrz

Financial Accounting

Feb. I960 through January 1961

1, Salary (Chief Investigator

11,400.00

2,000.00

2. Part time assistants

5.960.00

: 1,046.00

3. Books, magazines and newspapers

4,104.00

?20.00

4. Contact and entertainment

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expenses (including gifts for

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subjects)

2,844.00

500.00,

5» Postage, Stationery and

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other office expense

1.999.00

i 351.00

Total

$ 26,304.00

: $ 4,617.00

Grant $4,600.00

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Prepared by :

The above statement summarizes Kr.4
expenses for the period stated abovl
This is a true report of the expenses as

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expenditv.

and annro'rod ths subsitted

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Chief

TSSf- Ch epical Division

18 April l?6l.

MEMORANDUM FOR: CHIEF, FINANCE DIVISION

SUBJECT

l TSP/Bud get Officer

: MKUCTRA, Subproject 108, Invoice No. 2

Allotment 1125-1390-3902

1. Invoice No. 2 is attached covering the above subproject.
Payment should be made a s follows:'

Cashier's check la the amount of

2; Please forward the check to Chief, TSD/Research Branch
through T$D/ Budget Officer by FrldayT 28 Ap ril 1961.

3. This la a fi nal in voic e . However, sinc e it la anticipated
that additional fund a will be oblig ated for this pro ject, the files should
not be closed. :

TSD/Research Branch

Attachment;

Invoice U Certifications

Distribution:

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TSD/RB^J|(18 Apr 61)

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March 2 , I960

Deer Dr. I

Thonk you for your letter of February 25. Mr.j pl^ l Wi
istry until offer Morch 15, but I am sure that he "will be Ini

the country until offer Morch J 5
your progress.

Will be out of
Interested In

In the near future. You seem to be having q uite o time obtaini ng thj pgbl^»
cations you require /but l am glad y ou hove been successful^ I know Mr.4fflj
joins me In wishing you well on your new venture of Interrliwlng. Pleoselet
us know If we con be of assistance. '

Sincerely yours , ;

Secretary to Mr.

February 16 > I 960

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Tt» n k you.fwyour I.H« ol Fobfuofy 3. MMchM I. the. tint foment

on youf project In the onount of $2,500.

>^wmm «r r’" ^yy£|g^n

menh ond will notify you « to expenditures.

i a ~ VirY rleossd for the opportunity to work with you on this

productive collofcorotion.

Sincerely yours, :

Executive Secretory

Enclosure

COPY

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February 3, 1960

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Thanks very much for your letter of January 28. Everything seems agreeable
»o me. As to remittance. It ma y be bette r to se nd me a bank d raft, although a check

can also be used herer^

I wonder If some of ycur staff would be able to spare a little time and kind
enough to help me In procuring books and refe rences w hich could not be found In ^ -

dKHiHi(both for my research project and for my writing up of my onlmol experl- ^
iBSPfR now 1 am doing ot night as since lo st m ontyj&yjb een devoting my _
entire day time to work on the project supported by $§SSpP> ln fha [ evenf ' P'^Q
deduct $100 from the first remittance you are going to send and give the money to
her for purchase of books for me a, id let me know her name so that l can write her from

time to time. :

I will write you again soon and keep you Informed obout the progress of my
work from time to time.

' Thank you again, I am very sincerely yours.

ct r*rvtw4«

January 28, 1960

| om clecsed to Inform you C,

gront application for two or rne inre« yw , n ,,
cr« shoving the Initiation of the project os February 1 , 1 960. Wa shall FJ®v' d *
p«v^ts^ the grant semi-annually If this h agreoab a to you. r Before tho end
Ke two year period (I suggest In November of 1961)youwriN for a conltnyohen
of your grs4 and send In a progress ref art. The Directors and tW| scUtkIMc
odvlsea will review tho progress of the study and notify you regarding Its continuation.

y/||| y ™. r t,^ft Inform me os to how the payment should barcode. Mayl

transmit a cl»^< *yo^r_^ fe,,0W,nS Cdm, ‘ t!ora

opply In the utilization of those funds!

1. An annual progress report be submitted at the end of each year.

2. An annual accounting of funds expended shall b© provided for
our records.

3. : Any technical reports or papers which grow out of the study supported

unde r th is grant shall contain th e following n otice: ' This study v«s
ted in part (or 0 W 1 ' fr0m * h ®

Tho Board of Director, and the scientific advUers of^p|^^
wishing you well In this endeavor. Please call upon us for o^Tsfcnce that we
may bo able to provide.

Sincerely yours,

Ex© cut! ve S ecretcry

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i SSS/BucS^t Officer

* MCUU5RA, Subprojftet XC3, Invoice Ho, 1
05 ^ 10^^*903

1» te«olc* Ho* till ^ftttSetsed coy^iteg th« a bewt sub
Paymnb sh^d be e^o as follows j

the ©ffigunt of

2. PJ«S3S forward the check to Chief, ^SS/CJvxiilcftl Dtvisi
through f^S/Budg et Officer by Friday, 19 Februar y I960*

3»Sfrla is a final Invoice, Hovever, aioce it. la ««ticip
tJ»t additional funds vlll bo obligated for this project, tbo files
should not ba olossd, :

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Invoice & Certifications
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Chief

TS3/Ci»aical Division

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(1) It is hereby certifi ed that this la Invoice Mo, 1 applying to
Subproject Ke. 108 of >KUIA'M/ that performance is satisfactory, that
services are bein g accomplished In accordance w ith tgutual agraeaenta,
that a detailed agenda of the paysvmts eM recclpta Is on file In
TSS/CDj th4kt this bill la jest and correct and that payment thereof
baa not yet beearaada .

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(2) It is hereby certified that this invoice applies to Subproject r *
Mo. 103 of WfHJSBA vhich vas duly approved, end that the proj ect ia \-
being carried out In accordance vith the roesvorandua of 13 April 1953 j
from the DCI to the I>d/a, and tbs extension of this authority ill 1
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year is estlsnated not to exceed 600.00. Charge® should he made
against Allotment 0525-1009-4902 .

5. The fact that established a close working
relationship vith Dr. j^^vill make it possible to exploit the findings
of this proj ect vith out revealing^ A gency Interest , or partici pation.

Chief —
TSS/Chemical Division

APPROVED FOR OBLIGATION
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Aims of this study >

It has long been the opinion of the writer th at the following
b ehav lor tea its or beh avior characteristics ar e t he pre d bains at 3

cfcarac terist lcs of the

masses. In this proposed study, tho

investigator proposes to relate certain eco logical __ factor 0 to ~ the
formation of soaecritical behavioral characteristics offtfffifitftt

Employing c oh t en tl^a naly sis oflhist orical r so orda the investigator
sill trace the relationship of sdch ecological factors ass

the geographic co^itibns of' gHPRl! population docline and growth,
food supply^ floods and droughts, insect infestations, pestilences,
and oth er natural diseases, civil vara, barba rian invasions . and
the ^p^^^ggad^dneatioa sys t ema : o f the ruling £$$$£

to the formation of such behavioral characteristics asi

1) lack of religious feelin g (in the sense of a sup ernatural be ing?,
and hence lack of an org anized church ; ;

2) Aversion to violence?

?) Passivity to brute forces, either natural or human;

4) Fatalistic view towards 3 life I the atrohg tendency for one to adjust
or adap t t o the on e’senvironcont, however a dverse, rather than

to modify or c onquer the environment;

5) Lack o f spirit of adventure; ~

6) Lack of individual initiative; 1

7) Lack of the desire to be independent or different from others; ~
rather* the strong tendenoy to conform to th e existing social
requirements and to imitate or follow the ones who have been
sauces oful sociall y or in business ;

8) Lack of the spirit of team work; ‘ ;

9) The paradoxical tendency of tho individuals ; On the one hand he
is most eelf-eacrificial in the family - almost to the point of
selflessness ; on the other, outside th e family, he can be most
eel fish without moral or legal restraints;

10) Indifference to the sufforing of other people |

11) Indifference to public wolfare; .

12) The feeling of racial superiority ;

13) Absence of the sentiment of ^atlbnalista (sad hence patsiotisa) tv
(unt il t he fcu rnof the p rese nt centu ry)}

lh) The strong tendency to compromise without regard to one’s rights,
,,Jttetice:or truth; „

13) The strong tendency to look with suspicion in anything that is
new (somewhat modified by tho impact of . the

16) The
to 1

ndoncy (as it is alaoetl^ l/gj
in interpersonal relations^

known

has. mistaken for VCooporation 1 ’ and
eqyHBS^phae wr ongly’ a n t e rpre t ed as an inherited trait developed
from a "h ydraulic society? founded up on th e proposition that the
individual had to be forced to do what was necessary for his
society and thus for himself) but always with an inner feeling
of bitter resentment or hatred and r ea diness to avenge authorities
when they axe overthrown andlm the run.

These behavioral characteristics have confronted the

$08$£SjS& with a number of serious psychological ^eble^rjg^ReiiCIZIII^

revolu tionary efforts. Our second step in thisstudy, there fore, will

be to anyalyse the methods b y rhich the Communist s endeavor to solve

these psycholog ical problems*

A third ste p in this study will be an Investi gation of tho successes
and failures of tho Coonsunists in thoir efforts to solve there problems

to date; and an analysis of the major conflicts be tween

hnracter

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and CoEUBimist policy shich invit&bly raust be resolved in the future.

Methods!

In partsone and tsjo of our study wr shall edopt a method of Content
analysis of certain historical documents and records. .

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In our third step of investigation we shall employ tliroo general

methods: (a) observation of the behavior of the

of various age

groups who from ti»e to time corae froa the (b) interviewing
those people i and (o) givin g tests to the younger (school ago) groups
brought up in the 1

daring the last decade.

We shall desig n our teat fo res in such a wa y as to dis c ove r these 1:

children's attitudes toward si (1) the state vs. the individual} (2)
family* parents and other relatives; (5) various religions | (*0 physical
moral concep ts on practical matters (as a gainst abstract moral principles);

(5) econosic and political s ystems; leading personalities in history;
(?) arts* drama and literature} and (8) personal 1 p lans and p ersona l
ambitions for the future.

In oar observations and interviews of the people© who have resided
in the laljfiteBl under the Communist, sp ecia l attention will be given f

to the inflaencezoflthe attitudes and other behavior characteristics

of the old er^g ene rati o n over th e younger generation who are brought
up mainly or solel yunder tho Communist r ole . ,

Special points of emphasis :

Based Oa^t h el findings o f this inve stig ation 1 of the behavior :
characteristics of the old and young who have resided in the

Communist during the last decade a tentative prognosis will be

made as to how far an accomp lishment of t heComadnist Revolutionary

ef for fc could be expectedr fro a^pBychological standpoint-

Kaay o f the above mentioned behavioral charao teris t ic s are closely
interrelated. Host of these behavior traits are bred in the family
from generation to generation. Therefore in our historical analysis
we shall pay special attention to the clan iaa ( the writer
prefers this term to "familialiam" or "familysystem”).

(3) th® building-up of a distorted .
theft Closely linked up with clanis®}

{h} artificial creation of an elite class; (5) setting up an artificial
and maintaining ar natural iron curtain throughout th® centuries} and
(6) brut® force I as a last resort i as a deterrent for individual — „ : : —

deviation hr dis ob edien ce. In our historical i nvestigat ion w e shall
try to collect factual evidence s hosing how these pheaoraena were
accomplished ^and 'fro# "they affect the modes of thinking and patterns
of behavior of the peo ple during each period*

In our study of the Coaminist psychological techniques in ruling

we shall try to compare the similarities and differences between

the ancient rulers and aodern Cornmanists, and to find out what
tangible affects on th e behavior patterns of the masses have taken place.

In this study special attention will be devoted to the fa ct that
in the ah ova li st of behavioral cha racteristics there are certain
characteristi cs whi c h w i ll Wrk favorably for th e Communist efforts in Z

which was

remolding the

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historical ^rts will work ag ainst the*. Our wo rk will be trying to

society while certain other s with their so de ep

see how well th® Communists ex ploit the favour able traits and what
scans they have emplo yed to coabat or destroy t he: unfavourable ones.

Relationship to othor studies'll

Many of the above listed behavioral traits or characteristics of
the iRflaMtiThav® been frequently mentioned in the sritings of the

experts. But they are very often fragmentary and scattered
in various books and articles and more often than not, either erroneous,

misleading or superficial in their interpretations or evaluations.

As far as this writer is aware, there has been no attempt to put t hes e

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It is to be noted that the lists of ecoiogocal factors (eco-
logical variables ) and behavioral characteristics (defendant
variables) are merely tentative ones and are to be grouped into
smaller numbers of categ ories a ccording to theirs similarities
and differenc es i n nature and according to the convenience of
the analytical procedures. And a3 the investigation is making

progress , nev ecological factors and new behavioral character- :

istics will appear to require attention and a re grou ping or

reorganization of the categories of both ecological factors and
behavior characteristics will become necessary^ so as to include

the new factors or new characteristics. Such organization and

re-organization will be reportedto the Society as soon as it

Is done.

The investigator has now commenced to work ; out somewhat in

detail a concrete procedure for historical analysis. As Soon as
this is completed, a copy will be submitted tothe Society.

Detailed procedures for observation on^behavio^and IhterviewsIlEzZ
and giving tests willlbe worked out in later stage, _ -

It appears=thalLlthe scope a J,n_the^propos_ed plan is somewhat
vast. However , as soon as the detailed^h^itoricalTprbcedure isZlIIZZI
worked out, the scope will be consequently narrowed down and the
wors in view will be more concrete and precise/ The same i a

applied to observation oflbehaViol', interviews and tests in a
later stage of the^inveatigation. 'v

There is a relationship between p resen t re - 0 _,

search and this proposed plan which may be briefly sated

stated as follows:-

(1) Both gQ^^ova ras the same goal; the sc ientific under-
s tending of the MM M HM t national character.

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(2) Dr.

tries to reach hi

;oal by basic scientific
she individual while

approach, emphasing the personality^ of the individual while

this proposed investig ation will try to r each its goal through
historieo-ecological approach , that is, to find its basic factors
for the formation of the personality. :

(5) aim is to discover certain national |

characteristics without presum ption, hence , hi 3 method is inductive,

while this proposed investigation is more or less b ased on the

investigator's p revious assumptions which are t o be verified by

historical analysis, hence, the method is more deductive than
inductive.

(4) Dr. interest is primarily in the development

of MfllttoiP ' ' scientific study in psychology,

while the present investigator is also interested in the bearings

of the historical rooted traits on Communist's revolution and

vice-versa. •

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BafciftAten of Annual Fx

1) Book* (Mostly jflfi wtt # including bookgt e agazlDCB and
newspapers publi shed iB_COfflau^i8t^J(Sj|8f?oo which -
certain materials relat ed to the proposed research
©an be sifted) 6w-

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2) One Assistant

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persons who sake freonent visita

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and with the now arrivals from

from time

k) Incidental and miscella neous ex penses ..... v.

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(For supplies, postage, etc.) t :

5) Compensation for the investigator .............. * . ... • • » • » • •

Total — * • i ■ »«»•

200-

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K0T3SS i During the second and third years « the foll owing items should
be added to the annual esti aate a t

1) <H#$X,000 will b© required for travailing expenses if
- Arrange iiionts are to beeadefortbe assistant or other
persons to travel to^|f£HHSSffiSRlV’ and some rural
districts ruled by the Communist as far north as
to gether first hand data.

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4fijjfe 200 for printing interview protocols and toet forms ,
ieecond year) and for secretarial assistance in preparing
reports.

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will undert ake, with approvali

1) to org anize th e ecolo g ical var iables Into logical categories | —

2) toorganize the defendent variables (behari oral characteristic#)
into categories j

3) to note in soee details the proposed analytic procedures |

4) to identify the proposed relationship to ay project;

5) to indicate a plan for systematically reducing the scope
of this study and increasing its precision.